The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-14
For the htelligenccr.
To the Friends Of Prohibition.

whatever you do, do with your might
Things done by halves are never done
right"
1t may be truly said of the above little
school.boy's rhyme that there's more
truth than poetry. Therefore, if we
want prohibition we've got to work, and
not in half.handed manner.
In my rounds among the people, it
both surprises and pains me to hear peo-
ple, who claim to be strong friends Of
prohibition, talk about it in such half
hearted manner, that the question would
arise in a strangers mind as 10 (Which
side of the fence they are on" or wheth.
er they are trying to 'straddle it." Now,
to be plain, "dire evils require stern rem
edies," and if there is anything stiuging
in this, just remember that eff the cap
does not 6t you need not wear it"
We are ID. w. going to have an
election on prohibition in this county,
and if we wish to succeed we have got
to .pork. We must not lie down and
sleep until election day, then get up rub
bing our eyes, and lazily ask, show goes
it, boysT" The devil has not slept for
thousands of years, and if We wish to
conquer him we must meet him with the
same sleepless energy that he shows. I
hear some say, swell, / hope prohibition
will succeed" yet at the same time they
don't open their mouths or turn their
hands to make that hope certainty.
Others will say, "I want prohibition, but
I want it in my own way" Again, still
others will say, IT want it, too, but am
not going to vote for it, for it's Murray's
bill, and Idon't like him." Great Heav-
ems! How many more stumbling blocks
are you going to put in the path that
might lead your poor weak brother to
sobriety, peace, selfrespect and happi-
ness.
Suppose that in the days of '76 the
people of South Carolina had said, we
want Hampton elected, but we don't like
the way things are managed, or ne won't
vote with the Democrats, for Murray is a
Democrat and is taking an active part in
the canvass. Suppose all such idle objec-
tions had been raised, where would ne
now be-? Our necks would be in the
dust, and those human vampires who
fattened on the ill.gotten wealth of old
South Carolina, would be sucking the
life. e.blood from our hearts, that is if we
were so fortunate as to have any left this
long. But the human vampires of those
days are nothing compared with the hid.
eous monster which we are now prepar.
ing to fight. He is mixture of vampire,
vulture. and hyena. His vampire nature
sucks the life away-his gultual nature
rends the dead body, and even the grave
cannot protect his victims, for hyena
like he digs into the graues Of the dead
My friends, the day Of playing success
fully the "bat game" is gone by. II
you attempt it you may expect to meet
with the deserved fate it did. That is, to
skulk about in darkness and solitude as
kind of mongrel half.breed, belonging
to no race or class.
"Choose ye this day whom ye will
serve.". If you are going to serve whis'
key and the devil, then hoist the black
flag and join the forces of darkness. Il
you are going to serve God and temper.
ance, then step under the banner Of light
and raise shout for victory. From thii
day on let us miss no opportunity te
strike a blow for prohibition, and wher
we strike make every edge cut.
ROVER.